Chapters 1 And 2 Flashcards
What do most scholars agree is the most significant component of globalization?
a. economic reorganization of the world
b. international terrorism
c. climate change
d. political transition around the planet
e. cultural hybridization
A
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of our increasingly globalized world?
a. communications systems that link all regions of the Earth instantaneously
b. transportation systems capable of moving goods quickly by air, sea, and land
c. local folk cultures
d. new and more flexible forms of monetary flow
e. powerful transnational conglomerate corporations
C
What do the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) do?
a. They make the banking and trade laws of the member countries of the United Nations.
b. They strictly regulate all the international commercial transactions in the world.
c. They are “think tanks” that advise countries on international banking and trade.
d. They make possible the flow of goods and capital across international boundaries.
e. They are the banking systems of (respectively) Europe, Asia, and the United Nations.
D
What is the middle position on globalization, according to your text’s authors?
a. Globalization will bring more good than bad.
b. Globalization will not be as bad as the critics believe it will be.
c. Globalization will eventually fail.
d. Globalization is unavoidable, but it can be managed.
e. Globalization is avoidable with cooperative effort.
D
Ninety percent of the world’s population growth occurs in which part of the world?
a. European Union countries of Eastern and Western Europe
b. Australia and Oceania
c. North and South America
d. Islamic countries of Southwest and Southeast Asia
e. developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America
E
What is cultural syncretism?
a. the adoption of popular culture by a local ethnic group
b. the replacement of local cultural traditions with popular culture
c. the rejection of popular culture by a local ethnic group
d. the blending of popular culture with local cultural traditions
e. the elimination of local cultures caused by the spread of popular culture
D
Which world region has the highest total fertility rate?
a. North America
b. Africa
c. Australia
d. Antarctica
e. Europe
B
In migration, which of the following is an example of a push force?
a. war in a potential destination
b. religious freedom in a potential destination
c. economic opportunity in a person’s homeland
d. unemployment in a person’s homeland
e. health services in a potential destination
D
The active promotion of one culture at the expense of another is called ________.
a. cultural syncretization
b. cultural hybridization
c. cultural nationalism
d. cultural imperialism
e. cultural assimilation
D
What country is well known for its official prohibition against unwanted cultural traits, especially in its language?
a. Japan
b. India
c. France
d. Australia
e. United States
C
An agreed-upon common language to facilitate communication on specific topics such as business is called a(n) ________.
a. dialect
b. language family
c. language group
d. official language
e. lingua franca
E
Which of the following groups of people is a nation without a state?
a. Kurds
b. Turks
c. Estonians
d. Kazakhs
e. Azeris
A
What is colonialism?
a. the formal establishment of rule over a foreign population
b. the establishment of trade relations with another country
c. the temporary occupation of another country
d. the introduction of popular consumer culture in a traditional society
e. all of the above
A
The increasing interconnectedness of people and places through converging processes of economic, political, and cultural change. What term is this defining?
Globalization
Global business through international subsidiaries, disrupt local ecosystems.
Transnational firms
4 main problems of hybridization
1) climate change
2) pollution
3) cultural change
4) deforestation
Crude factories in which workers sew clothing, assemble sneakers, and perform other labor intensive tasks for low wages…
Sweatshops
World’s poorer countries will slowly catch up with more advanced economies…
Economic convergence
RNI
Rate of natural increase- depicts the annual growth rate for a country or region
TFR
Measures the fertility of statistically fictitious yet average group of women moving through their child bearing years
-2 children needed to replace their parents
Influenced by sanitation, health services available and nutrition
Life Expectancy
Average number of people per area unit
Population density
Active promotion of one cultural system at the expense of another
Cultural imperialism
People consider themselves either non religious or outright atheistic
Secularization
The differences between a super power’s military technology and lower-level technology
Asymmetrical Warefare
The formal establishment of rule over a foreign population.
Colonialism
Process of a colony’s gaining or regaining control over its territory
Decolonization
Group that provides representation to all countries
United Nations
Ensures all negotiations run smoothly
Enforces all rules and regulations
World trade organization (WTO)
Lends interest free loans to poor countries
Invest in mobilized capital
World Bank
Secures financial stability
Promote employment growth
Distribute loans
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Ratio of male to female students enrolled in schools
Gender equity
Human-caused pollution of the lower atmosphere is increasing the natural greenhouse effect
Anthropogenic
An increasing in the temperature of Earth’s atmosphere
Global warming
Spread of desert like conditions into semi arid areas
Desertification
Combined data on life expectancy, literacy, educational attainment, gender equity, and income
Human development index
Describes close links between geography
Geopolitics
